C-141B Starlifter - When it's over

MCGUIRE AIR FORCE BASE, N.J.—Staff Sgt. Eric Bayless marshals in a C-141B Starlifter from its final flight here Sept. 1. The C-141B Starlifter is being retired from the active- duty Air Force inventory on Sept. 16. After 40 years of service and nearly nine million flying hours, the aircraft has a proven reliability and long-range capability in worldwide airlift for combat support missions, and to humanitarian relief. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kenn Mann)